March 15, 2018
Rejects Rehearing Of Order Denying Two Other ESCOs From Serving Low-Income Customers
This story was first published on March 15, with an alert to our email alert subscribers
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March 5, 2018
Files Sample In Compliance With Provision Regarding Notice Of Customer Return To Default Service
Ambit Energy has made filings with several state regulators to withdraw as a natural gas supplier in several territories.
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February 26, 2018
The Illinois Commerce Commission Staff has posted a straw proposal to adopt assessments on retail electric and gas suppliers effective for fiscal year 2019.
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February 23, 2018
In response to a petition from Astral Energy, LLC, the New York PSC yesterday adopted an order reducing Astral Energy's ZEC compliance payments as set by NYSERDA due to a "substantial" reduction in Astral's load
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February 23, 2018
In response to several petitions from ESCOs to change their Zero Emissions Credit obligation, which is currently based on historic load with a later true-up, Staff of the New York Department of Public Service said at the PSC's session yesterday that Staff will develop for PSC consideration a…
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February 21, 2018
The Illinois Commerce Commission has opened a proceeding pursuant to amended Section 2-202(i-5) of the Public Utilities Act to consider the initiation of assessments and fees to be potentially levied on alternative retail electric and natural gas suppliers to fund the Commission's operations (Docket…
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February 19, 2018
Pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. §§16-245o, 16-9, 16-245r, 42-110b and 16-41, the Connecticut PURA reopened the licensing docket of Spark Energy, L.P., "to review Spark’s compliance with §16-245d(a)(2) and the standards developed by the Authority in Dockets 14-07-19 and 14-07-19RE01, its ability to…
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February 19, 2018
The Secretary of the New York PSC issued an order extending the deadline for compliance with the newly revised Uniform Business Practices (UBPs).
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February 16, 2018
The Connecticut PURA has issued interrogatories to Connecticut Light & Power and United Illuminating (each referred to as "Company") concerning retail suppliers' compliance with the obligation to submit to the EDCs information concerning the rate to be applied to a customer's next-month bill.
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February 15, 2018
A Texas ALJ has recommended that the Public Utility Commission of Texas impose a $1.1 million administrative penalty on TruSmart Energy LLC for what the ALJ would conclude, in a proposal for decision, were violations of PURA § 39.352 and 16 Texas Administrative Code § 25.107(j)(7), (j)(16) resulting…
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February 14, 2018
Senator: REP Customers "Entitled" To TDU Rate Savings From Tax Cuts
This story was first published the evening of February 14, with an alert to our email alert subscribers
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February 12, 2018
NEM Says UBP Revision Order Uses Older Definition Of Small Non-Residential Customer, Requires Clarification
The National Energy Marketers Association (NEM) submitted a filing at the New York PSC to request a ninety-day extension for ESCO compliance with certain requirements in the Commission’s Order Adopting Revised Uniform Business Practices in the above-referenced proceeding issued on January 19, 2018.
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February 7, 2018
The New York PSC denied a request from the Retail Energy Supply Association for a 60-day extension of the effective date of the recently revised Uniform Business Practices ("UBP") requirements
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February 6, 2018
TCAP Proposes That REPs Be Required To Disclose Company's Own Funds Dedicated To Low-Income Discounts, With Info Publicly Posted On Power To Choose
In comments to the Public Utility Commission of Texas, Texas ROSE (Ratepayers' Organization to Save Energy) and Texas Legal Services Center (TLSC) generally proposed that Texas retail electric providers be required to extend, to all residential customers, the ability to enter into a deferred payment…
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February 5, 2018
The Retail Energy Supply Association requested a sixty (60) day extension of time of the effective date of the revised Uniform Business Practices (UBP) requirements adopted by the New York PSC in January
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February 5, 2018
Work Group Leader Proposal Recommends Making Suppliers Responsible For Agent Actions Only For Residential Service Would Change Door-to-Door Rules To Make Them Applicable Only To Residential Service
The Maryland PSC recently issued a letter order extending a waiver of the requirement that electric and natural gas suppliers perform background checks on door-to-door agents
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January 4, 2018
Lexington Power & Light, LLC petitioned the New York PSC for a reduction of its ZEC compliance payments
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December 15, 2017
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) will host a day-long Residential Supplier Workshop on Wednesday, January 31, 2018, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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December 15, 2017
The New York PSC issued a show cause order to Got Gas? LLC for the company's alleged failure to timely file its 2017 triennial compliance filing
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December 8, 2017
Staff has filed a revised draft proposal for publication concerning changes to various customer protections extended to Lite-Up customers under the current rules due to the elimination of the SBF
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December 7, 2017
The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution authorizing the creation of a Retail Market Advisory Committee which the ICC said is designed, "to advance efforts to foster a healthy retail marketplace in Illinois."
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November 30, 2017
AP Gas & Electric (TX) LLC (APG&E) would pay $75,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas (Commission) to resolve APG&E's alleged violations of 16 Tex. Admin. Code §§ 25.480(m) and (j)(8) (TAC), concerning removal of switch-holds.
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November 27, 2017
A federal court of appeals has denied an injunction sought by an anonymous ESCO customer against the New York PSC's December 2016 order generally prohibiting ESCOs from serving assistance program participants (APP) customers (except for any subsequently granted waiver)
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November 22, 2017
STAT Energy, LLC would pay an administrative penalty of $52,600 and provide in aggregate over $72,000 to affected customers under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of 16 Tex. Admin. Code (TAC) §§ 25.480(j)(6), related to Deferred Payment…
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November 21, 2017
FES Says OCC Petition Based On Speculation And Conjecture
Requiring FirstEnergy Solutions to send its retail customers notices about a hypothetical bankruptcy filing that FES could potentially undertake in the future, "would needlessly instill fear and concern among FES customers and harm the CRES [competitive retail electric service] market," FirstEnergy…
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